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Summary

A learning and reading specialist with over 30 years of experience, Kathleen T. McWhorter applies her knowledge of how students read and understand texts toSeeing the Pattern, a unique new rhetorically arranged reader that offers more help for students than any other reader. Building on proven features from her widely adopted composition textSuccessful College Writing, McWhorter has developed innovative techniques to strengthen students' reading and writing skills and help them see the rhetorical patterns and then use them in their own writing. The result is a visually oriented rhetorical reader that improves upon the genre by offering underprepared students the extra help they need to achieve success in their college-level writing.

Author Biography

KATHLEEN T. MCWHORTER is professor of humanities and director of the Learning Skills Center at Niagara County Community College. She has also been on the faculty of the State University College at Buffalo. She is the author of a number of books on reading and writing skills, including The Writer's Selections, Fourth Edition (2005), Academic Reading, Fifth Edition (2004), Efficient and Flexible Reading, Seventh Edition (2005), Active Reading Skills (2005), Reading Across the Disciplines: College Reading and Beyond, Second Edition (2005), and Successful College Writing, Third Edition (Bedford/St. Martin's, 2006).

Table of Contents

Introduction: Using Seeing the Pattern to Improve Your Writing

PART ONE: SKILLS FOR SUCCESS IN READING AND WRITING1. A Guide to Active Reading Changing Some Misconceptionsabout Reading How to Read ActivelyStrategies for ReadingEtta Kralovec, No More Pep Rallies! Understanding Difficult Text and VisualsHow to Use a Graphic OrganizerUsing a Summary to Check Your UnderstandingHow to Read Visuals Expanding Your Vocabulary through ReadingFour Ways to Improve Your VocabularyPay Attention to Allusions and Other Language Features

2. Planning Your Essay Prewriting to Start the AssignmentHow to Choose and Narrow a TopicKeeping a JournalWhat You Need to Know about Purpose, Audience, and Point of ViewSix Ways to Find Ideas to Write About Developing and Supporting Your Thesis StatementWhat Is a Thesis Statement?How to Develop Your Thesis StatementHow to Support Your Thesis Statement with Evidence Students WriteJulie Bohet, Sample Questioning and Freewriting

3. Drafting Your Essay The Structure of an Essay Organizing Your Supporting DetailsHow to Select a Method of OrganizationHow to Prepare an Outline or Graphic Organizer Writing Effective ParagraphsWhat Well-Focused Topic Sentences Must DoHow to Achieve Unity and Provide Specific Supporting DetailsHow to Connect Supporting Details with Transitions and Repetition Writing Your Introduction, Conclusion, and TitleWriting a Strong IntroductionWriting an Effective ConclusionHow to Write a Good Title Students WriteJulie Bohet, The Language of Music: First Draft

4. Revising and Editing Your Essay Revising Content and OrganizationGuidelines for Making Revision EasierDetermining What to ReviseHow to Work with Classmates as You Revise Editing and ProofreadingHow to Improve Your Sentences and Word ChoiceSeven Common Errors to AvoidProofreading Your Essay Students WriteJulie Bohet, The Language of Music: Revised Essay

PART TWO: READINGS FOR WRITERS5. Narration: Recounting Events What Is Narration?Alton Fitzgerald White, Right Place, Wrong FaceCharacteristics of Narrative EssaysVisualizing a Narrative Essay Writing a Narrative EssayPlanning a Narrative EssayDrafting a Narrative EssayAnalyzing and RevisingEditing Tips and Troublespots Students WriteAphonetip Vasavong, You Can Count on Miracles (student essay) Reading a Narrative EssayWhat to Look for, Highlight, and AnnotateHow to Find Ideas to Write About ReadingsSherry Amatenstein, Talking a Stranger through the NightAmy Tan, Fish CheeksLangston Hughes, SalvationCherokee Paul McDonald, A View from the BridgeToni Cade Bambara, The Lesson (short story)

7. Illustration: Explaining withExamples What Is Illustration?Bill Bryson, Snoopers at WorkCharacteristics of Illustration EssaysVisualizing an Illustration Essay Writing an Illustration EssayPlanning an Illustration EssayDrafting an Illustration EssayAnalyzing and RevisingEditing Tips and Troublespots Students WriteMelissa Parker, Internet Hoaxes: A Multiplying Problem (student essay) Reading an Illustration EssayWhat to Look for, Highlight, and AnnotateHow to Find Ideas to Write About ReadingsBrent Staples, Just Walk On By: A Black Man Ponders His Power to Alter Public SpaceRita Kempley, Abs and the AdolescentGeeta Kothari, If You Are What You Eat, Then What Am I?Nell Bernstein, Goin' Gangsta, Choosin' Cholita: Claiming IdentityDorianne Laux, What I Wouldn't Do [poem]

8. Process Analysis: Explaining How Something Works or Is Done What Is Process Analysis?Melissa Russell-Ausley and Tom Harris, How the Oscars WorkCharacteristics of Process Analysis EssaysVisualizing a Process Analysis Essay Writing a Process Analysis EssayPlanning a Process Analysis EssayDrafting a Process Analysis EssayAnalyzing and RevisingEditing Tips and Troublespots Students WriteKyle Mares, Creating Your Own Web Site (student essay) Reading a Process Analysis EssayWhat to Look for, Highlight, and AnnotateHow to Find Ideas to Write About ReadingsMatthew Gilbert, You and ImprovedNikki Giovanni, Campus Racism 101Cindy Chupack, Dater's RemorseDavid Feige, How to Defend Someone You Know Is GuiltyTom and Ray Magliozzi, Inside the Engine

9. Comparison and Contrast: Showing Similarities andDifferences What Are Comparison and Contrast?Joseph Sobran, Patriotism or Nationalism? Characteristics of Comparison and Contrast EssaysVisualizing a Comparison and Contrast Essay Writing a Comparison and Contrast EssayPlanning a Comparison and Contrast EssayDrafting a Comparison and Contrast EssayAnalyzing and RevisingEditing Tips and Troublespots Students WriteHeather Gianakos, Border Bites (student essay) Reading a Comparison and Contrast EssayWhat to Look for, Highlight, and AnnotateHow to Find Ideas to Write About ReadingsDave Barry, We've Got the Dirt on Guy BrainsJeanne Wakatsuki Houston, A Taste of SnowSharon Begley, East vs. West: One Sees the Big Picture, the Other Is FocusedPatricia Raybon, A Case of "Severe Bias"Deborah Tannen, Sex, Lies, and Conversation

10. Classification and Division: Explaining Categories and Parts What Are Classification and Division?Judith Viorst, Friends, Good Friends – Such Good FriendsCharacteristics of Classification and Division EssaysVisualizing a Classification or Division Essay Writing a Classification or Division EssayPlanning a Classification or Division EssayDrafting a Classification or Division EssayAnalyzing and RevisingEditing Tips and Troublespots Students WriteRyan Porter, Motor Heads (student essay) Reading a Classification or Division EssayWhat to Look for, Highlight, and AnnotateHow to Find Ideas to Write About ReadingsDavid Bodanis, A Brush with Reality: Surprises in the TubeElizabeth Wray, The Seven Ages of Walking Scott Russell Sanders, The Men We Carry in Our MindsMartin Luther King Jr., The Ways of Meeting OppressionCindy C. Combs, Profile of a Terrorist

12. Cause and Effect: Using Reasons and Results to Explain What Are Causes and Effects?Deb Aronson, How Nature Heals UsCharacteristics of Cause and Effect EssaysVisualizing a Cause and Effect Essay Writing a Cause and Effect EssayPlanning a Cause and Effect EssayDrafting a Cause and Effect EssayAnalyzing and RevisingEditing Tips and Troublespots Students WriteNathan Nugyen, Gambling on Our Future (student essay) Reading a Cause and Effect EssayWhat to Look for, Highlight, and AnnotateHow to Find Ideas to Write About ReadingsClive Thompson, The Honesty VirusSusan Warren and Melanie Trottman, When Plug Is Pulled on the Digital Age, the Basics Black OutRuth Russell, The Wounds That Can't Be Stitched UpTom Rosenberg, Changing My Name after Sixty YearsTerry Tempest Williams, The Clan of One-Breasted Women

13. Argumentation: Supporting a Claim What Is an Argument?Wilbert Rideau, Why Prisons Don't WorkCharacteristics of Argument EssaysVisualizing an Argument Essay Writing an Argument Essay Planning an Argument EssayDrafting an Argument EssayAnalyzing and RevisingEditing Tips and Troublespots Students WriteRudy De La Torre, Ethnic Definitions Hinder Society's Enlightenment (student essay) Reading an Argument EssayWhat to Look for, Highlight, and AnnotateHow to Find Ideas to Write About ReadingsCarol Bernstein Ferry, A Good DeathFrank DeFord, Athletics 101: A Change in Eligibility Rules Is Long OverdueMartin Luther King Jr., I Have a Dream Organ Donation: Should People Be Allowed to Sell Their Organs?Bruce Gottlieb, How Much Is That Kidney in the Window?Gilbert Meilaender, "Strip-Mining" the Dead: When Human Organs Are for Sale The Effect of Media on Children: Is Violent Media Harmful?Dave Grossman and Gloria DeGaetano, It's Important to Feel Something When You KillGerard Jones, Violent Media Is Good for Kids Civil Liberties: Does the Patriot Act Go Too Far?Zara Gelsey, Who's Reading over Your Shoulder?Ramesh Ponnuru, Fears about the Patriot Act Are Misguided

14. Combining Patterns: Using Variety to Achieve Your Purposes What Is Combining Patterns?Anna Quindlen, We Are Here for AndreaCharacteristics of Essays That Combine PatternsVisualizing an Essay That Combines Patterns Writing an Essay That Combines Patterns Planning an Essay That Combines PatternsDrafting an Essay That Combines PatternsAnalyzing and RevisingEditing Tips and Troublespots Students WriteRobin Ferguson, The Value of Volunteering (student essay) Reading an Essay That Combines PatternsWhat to Look for, Highlight, and AnnotateHow to Find Ideas to Write About ReadingsLars Eighner, On Dumpster DivingJohn Leo, The Good-News GenerationChitra Divakaruni, Houseguest HellJeffrey Rosen, Naked TerrorShirley Jackson, The Lottery (short story)

PART THREE: STUDENT RESOURCE GUIDE15. Finding and Using Sources When Should You Use Sources? How to Locate SourcesLocating Useful Library SourcesConducting Research on the Internet How to Choose and Evaluate SourcesChoosing Relevant SourcesChoosing Reliable SourcesEvaluating Internet Sources Taking Notes and Avoiding PlagiarismExtracting Information through Note-TakingAvoiding Plagiarism Documenting Your Sources: MLA StyleIn-Text CitationsWorks Cited List Students WriteNicholas Destino, Do Animals Have Emotions? (student essay)